The Shaba National Reserve lies to the east of the Samburu National Park and covers an area of 130 square kilometres north of the Ewaso Ng'iro River.
Remote wilderness
Together with the Samburu and Buffalo Springs, Shaba is located in Kenya's Northern Frontier Province, a rugged and little visited region. Driving to the park you will often see Samburu herding cattle through the thorn bush or watering camels in the river. The Ewaso Ng'iro River is life giving for the area. The permanent water ensures that an abundance of wildlife exists in the reserve at all times.
Shaba's wildlife
The main attractions are reticulated giraffe, Gr茅vy's zebra, beisa oryx, the Somali ostrich and the gerenuk. Elephant are plentiful and black rhino, lion, leopard, cheetah, buffalo and hyena can all be seen. Dik-diks are always dashing across the red roads whilst vervet monkeys scamper about under the trees.
Shaba's birdlife
For such a relatively small area the birdlife is strikingly numerous and colourful. Perhaps the most impressive are the immense flocks of helmeted and vulturine guinea fowl which make their way each afternoon to the river bank to drink. Large numbers of marabou storks patrol the skies whist you may also see thousands of sandgrouse and doves.
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Places near Shaba National Reserve
- Samburu National Reserve 24 miles away
- Borana Ranch 35 miles away
- Lewa Wilderness Conservancy 42 miles away
- Meru National Park 44 miles away
- Il Ngwesi Group Ranch 45 miles away
- The Parks & Reserves of Northern Kenya 46 miles away
- Matthews Mountain Range 48 miles away
- Ol Lentille Conservancy 54 miles away
- Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy 68 miles away
- Karisia Hills 76 miles away
- Ol Pejeta Conservancy 80 miles away
- Sosian Lodge 85 miles away
- The Laikipia Plateau 120 miles away
- Lake Nakuru 142 miles away
- Lakes of the Great Rift Valley 142 miles away
- Lake Naivasha 144 miles away
- Nairobi 154 miles away
- Loita Hills 214 miles away
- Shompole Magadi 223 miles away
- The Chyulu Hills 225 miles away
- Mara Naboisho Conservancy 227 miles away
- Mara North Conservancy 231 miles away
- Amboseli National Park 234 miles away
- The Parks & Reserves of Southern Kenya 245 miles away
- Masai Mara National Reserve 248 miles away
- Tsavo East National Park 250 miles away
- Kenya's Northern Frontier 258 miles away
- Lake Victoria 269 miles away
- The Tana Delta 282 miles away
- Tsavo West National Park 282 miles away
- Lamu Archipelago 295 miles away